‘Capsularia marina’ and the Ascaridae of marine hosts

Abstract

Reasons are given for rejecting a recent proposal to change the names Anisakis simplex to Capsularia marina, Anisakis to Capsularia, Anisakinae to Capsulariinae and Porrocaecum decipiens to P. piscium. The question of the possibility of identifying the larval forms of Ascaridae occurring in fishes is discussed.